Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-01

The number Of new advertisements printed In
THE EVENING STAR during the month Of February
just closed was SSH, being 7s5 more than were
printed in the corresponding month last year.
when the aggregate reached 3,O62, and 232
more than were printed In the month Of January,
1sS7,-whicb, 1t will be observed, contains two
more business days than the month Of February.
The average daily circulation OF THE STAR dur
ing February, 1887, was 26,2s9, against 24.321
IN February, 1886, and $40 more than the average
daily circulation In January last, which was
2a,4sa
The largest circulation for any one day ia the
month Just past was that of Saturday, February
18th, when It reached 81 ,.s26 copies actually sold
and cifculatedI This is the largest ordinary and
regular edition OF the paper ever issued,-that is
10 say when NO extras were published and when
there was no specially exciting or interesting
news to attract public attention, and thus increase
the sales OF the paper beyond the normal demand
This circulation within population OF 200 900. Is
simply enormous, and presents a showing which
cannot, 1t is confidently believed, be equaled by
that Of any other journal In the world.
The people OF Washington desire TO express to
the President OF the United States the surprise
and Indignation which the Trotter appointment
inspires The appointment of Matthews may
have been only bIunder, the appointment OF
Trotter, indicating deliberate persistence In an
undemOcratic and IN American line OF conduct, Is
scarcely less than political crime The people OF
this District have no votes. Here a democratic
President may.safely foster undemocratic carpet
bag rule, here civil service reform President may
safely treat The offices political spoils here the
resort To attempted bribery. President cieve-
land has taken an upright and admirable course
in some great matters which have been before
him. Did he so act from principle OF policy, as an
upright man or a vote winner7 Is principle
worth hg which Is sacrificed, where IL Can De
done safely. childish Obstinacy supposed per-
sonal advancement? can IL possibly be true that
in the deIenSeeSs District alone the President Is
not bound by those principles OF local self-govern-
ment and anticarpet bagism upon which the re-
public was founded and continues TO exist that
In the District alone be is not bound by the prom
ises of his party In platform to which he has
given his express adherence, and that the District
offices alone not public trusts but spOilS to he
distributed by President Cleveland to his strikers
as he sees ft.-tO Cinnamon in Just recognition OF
the fact that they yellow, or TO Indians In just
recognition OF the fact that they are red?
This appointment is an insult and a slap In the
face TO every District citizen violating pledges
and ignoring natural rights. 1t is double insult
70 every District democrat. no OF whom is t IL
seems, TO be recorder fact compelling the PreSi-
dent toimpeFt a negro barber from Boston 10 fill
the ofee. 1t isa triple insult TO the colored demo-
Gratis in the District, who are snubbed personally,
politically and as citizens. Ii the President had
been sincere In his expressed desire to have the
office held by a negro he would have appointed
resident colored man, OF whose confirmation there
would nave been reasonable prospect. But
some OF our eolOred citizens have shown so much
gratitude at being snubbed in the appointment Of
q New Yorker in preference to one Of their num-
Der that the President doubtless thought that q
second snub would still further increase his pOpu.
lartty among them. and he probably expects them
TO HEX the hand that spurns them, and to crawl
andecringe for the crumbs which may be expected
TO fall from Recorder TrotterS Official table
The new democratic law as laid down by Presi.
dent Cleveland, figuring In Taney's shoes teaches
that NO District citizen, white Or eoiored demo-
cratic OF republican, has any rights which non
resident negroes Of they are political strikers for
President OF the United Statesl are bound to
respect From this new bred Scott decision the
citizens Of the District appeal 70 the people Of the
United states
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